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Head Start parent recounts five years homeless as panelists outline service barriers and gaps
Summary
A Head Start parent described five years of housing instability and hotel stays before receiving a voucher; panelists said lack of affordable inventory, sustainability of placements, and safety and immigration barriers for survivors remain major gaps.
Megan Gonzalez, a Head Start parent, told webinar attendees she and her husband and four children experienced homelessness for five years and survived repeated hotel stays and extreme stress before receiving a stable lease through the Head Start on Housing program.
"This is home," Gonzalez said of the apartment they finally obtained, describing the relief her family felt after years of instability and the emotional toll of repeated moves, hotel costs and worries about family separation.
Panelists representing legal aid, homelessness and…
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